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=== Rise with Linux === As Linux grew in popularity, XFree86 rose with it, as the main X project with drivers for PC video cards. By the late 1990s, official X development was moribund.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Robert L. |date=4 Feb 2002 |title=Q&A: The X Factor |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/1363581/q-a-the-x-factor.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612224505/https://www.computerworld.com/article/1363581/q-a-the-x-factor.html |archive-date=12 Jun 2024 |access-date=12 Jun 2024 |publisher=Computerworld}}</ref> Most technical advancement was happening in the XFree86 project. In 1999, XFree86 was sponsored onto X.Org (the official industry consortium) by various hardware companies interested in its use with Linux and its status as the most popular version of X.<ref>[http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/01/1342251&tid=104 XFree86 joins X.Org as Honorary Member], Posted by CmdrTaco on Dec 01, 1999, Slashdot</ref>
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